The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-22
STATE NEWS.

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Many cases have resulted fatally.
Sugar.Bovl: Capt. Oliver. With
his boat and cre>r left :his week for
Mississippi waters. They have com.
pleted their work of removing trees
aud snags on tho Techc from thia
point up.
Thibodau, Sentinel Two Of tho
old style broadhorn Nat boats hayo
passed down the bayou loaded with
Irish potatoes and other articles.
The potatoes were freely parchasci
by the farmers for seed.
St. MartinsviIle Messenger: Tho
bayou has rised since the last rains
and the Breaux Bridge packets
bring large freights every trip. III"
Danton has hronght,.as much as lSU
bales Of cotton in one trip.
Lake Charles Commercial: Last
Tuesday our tgo constabfea arrested
some sixteen tourist" better known
as tramps, and the most of these
uere hoys. They are now serving
their time working 90 the streets.
st, Landry Democrat: 1t is c,.
1imated that between sixty and q
hundred persons from Calcasieu
have heen here this Hoek attending
the United States court. mostly on
account of alleged cutting of timber
on public land.
Opc|ouaas Courier: There il A
considerable qgantity OF cotton and
rice yet TO be brought into market.
The season opened lote and will
con,inne late. Busines. is good,
barring the interruption bJ the late
severe cold weather. ..
n. o. Chronicle Yesterday ar.
tcrnoon. six police OF the third pre-
cinct. led hy Seret. Andry, proceeded
to the corner of Canal and Front
streets, and placed under arrest
seventy tramps whom they
charged with violating ordinance
5o46. They we're locked up in the
Harbor station.
Lake Charles Echo: For the year
eadine Dec eemher 81, 1885, there
was shipped from Vincent Settle.
ment, in this parish, 1887 head of
cattle. which we're sold at an aver.
age of $40 per head. making a total
of s22092 distributed among tho
good people Of that section. Still
there are some who say it doesn't
pay to raise stock here.
Markeeille Bulletin The robbins
have come and our amatenr sports.
mer are dc|ig ghted. These with
partridges and woodcocks will af.
ford mnch pleasure to our hunterp,
Those Who work on the share sys.
tenn ore looking about for homes.
We nre pleased to note. however.
that the most o. them vill remain
with their present employers.
Capitolian. !. dvocate The tag
collectors of tho parishes of Avoy.
elles, Concordia, East Carroll, JET.
ferson, Madison ard st. Landry
have settled with the State for col.
lections made by chem during the
quarter ending December 81. 1856.
The collections in the parishes Of
Concordia. jefferson. and st. I.1n.
dry are better than during the cor.
responding time in 1885.
New iberia Enterprise: We note
with pleasure the crossing disposi-
ton Of our poop'e to patronize locai
industries. Oar attention was re.
Gently called to II i;vo.wheel Omen
top buggy just completed hr Mr..
Jacqnemond, which is Que ut the
most easy.riding and confortahIe
vehicles That ever rolled on the
streets of New 1beri1, and that for
solidity and finish compares fhvor-
ably with the best,
st. Martin Revei'le: Since ile
recent days Of rain we have had tbs
public roads Of tie pari-h ina
very bad condition in certain local.;
ties. There will lie some fine races
on the race track of this town ou
the o2d of January. the principal
race being between shakespear anh
Winfield Hancock. The srorts,neY